Interview with a Hispanic Executive Coach and Motivational Speaker

Have you given up and now accept mediocrity as a given? Or are you ready to succeed in your professional career? Read the following interview with Monica Guzman, an executive coach and motivational speaker, and learn how to stop playing the victim and do whatever is necessary to rise above the negative energy—there are no […]

Internationally Recognized Experimental Physicist Now Uses Knowledge Acquired in the US to Guide Students

Dario F Gaitan is the Director of Research and Development and also is an Adjunct Professor of Physical Acoustics at the Universidad de San Buenaventura. I am an experimental physicist with a twenty-five-year history in acoustic cavitation and cavitation physics. Born in Medellin, Colombia, I came to the US in 1979 to study at the University […]

Spanish interpreter used LatPro to attain a stepping stone opportunity

Elsa Prado is a Spanish Interpreter, Author, and Radio Correspondent for Language Line Solutions and the Hands Off Our Children Organization.  Please give us a brief description of what you do. I am coded as an all-call Spanish interpreter. Because I am a certified medical interpreter, I handle medical calls, but I also handle court calls. When the […]

Bolivian Global Product Manager at Citigroup Explains the Importance of Bilingualism

Tips to become a product manager Jose Aranda, Global Product Manager at Citigroup, shares his perspective on what bilingualism can do.  Please give us a Brief description of what you do. As a product manager, I manage liquidity solutions products for large corporations on a global basis. Did you find this job through LatPro? My first […]

Latino Assistant Education Professor Discusses his Experience in Academia

Tips to become an Education Professor Are you Latino? Do you enjoy learning new ideas? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to earn a doctorate and then become a professor in a university? Read the following interview with James Martinez, Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies, and find out what it is like to […]

DiversityJobs Announces 2018 Scholarship Award Winner

We are proud to announce that Daniel Campollo, a psychology student at Teachers College, Columbia University, has won our 2018 DiversityJobs Scholarship award. Daniel hopes that the Communication Sciences and Disorders program at Teachers College will better position him to become an adaptive practitioner. Daniel’s dedication, passion, and intelligence will no doubt allow him to succeed […]

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DiversityJobs Announces 2018 Scholarship Finalists – Help Us Choose One Winner!

We are proud to announce the eight finalists for the 2018 DiversityJobs Scholarship award; they include engineering, psychology, special education, journalism and political science, English education, exercise and sport science, and law students. From hundreds of exceptional applications, we feel that these candidates showed the best combination of passion, integrity, and dedication to their chosen […]

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Studying Journalism to Raise Awareness, Document Historical Moments, and Help Other Voices to be Heard

Even from a young age, I always knew I wanted to pursue higher education. While my father never truly completed his college education, my mother got her bachelor’s degree, and both of them had, and still have, high expectations for me. Not going to college was never an option for me not only because of […]

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A Passion for Cars and Buildings Inspired a Career in Civil Engineering

If you asked the majority of teens in today’s world what is the major they aspire to pursue in college, they would not have a definitive answer. But if you asked me the same question when I was eleven years old, I would answer, without hesitation, mechanical or civil engineering. Growing up, I always knew […]

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Aspiring Writing Teacher Wants Students to Transmit Thoughts across Borders, Generations, and Cultures

My work as a graduate student at Teachers College is inspired by my own educational journey. As a queer Taiwanese American man who grew up in a low-income, single-mother family, teachers were a valuable source of compassion, encouragement, and guidance. I want to provide the same mentorship to other young people. I began to seek […]

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